Smart contracts are on the rise. With networks like Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano getting increasingly popular, more people than ever are utilizing the benefits of these contracts. Smart contracts are protocols or programs that execute on the blockchain when certain specified requirements are met. They can be used for financial reasons, medical reasons, gaming, and more. One of the biggest struggles facing smart contracts is ensuring the information they receive is accurate in order for the contract to execute properly at the time it is supposed to. This is where Chainlink comes in. A Decentralized Oracle Network The goal of the Chainlink network is to connect smart contracts to data…
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Markets Report: Bitcoin aims for top 3 weekly close
All-Time highs remain untouched as continued rejection at $58,000 means that the bull run may be on ice over the weekend
The past week’s trading has been one big guessing game for hodlers as Bitcoin edges ever closer to all-time highs—but avoids hitting them. Rumors that Oracle was about to announce a giant 72,000 BTC buy-in looked set to obliterate the trading channel once and for all, but a let-down instead brought a solid reinforcement of the current range.
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Markets Report: Bitcoin hits $54,500 amid rumors Oracle wants 70,000 BTC
Unsubstantiated reports say that an announcement from Oracle will come this week and could see it become an instant Bitcoin heavyweight
Bitcoin climbed to within $4,000 of all-time highs on March 9 as rumors swirled over an imminent buy-in which would rival MicroStrategy. The move was music to the ears of traders, who had been waiting for a decisive attack on both $50,000 for support and a flip of resistance higher up at $52,000 to cement the prospect of the bull run continuing.
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Oracle hopes to make it easier for cloud database customers to integrate blockchain security (Photo: PIxabay)Oracle adds blockchain-inspired database technology to its cloud offering
The software giant’s new blockchain tables provide customers a simple-to-use but ‘secure audit trail on transactions and processes’
By offering “immutable insert-only tables whose rows are cryptographically chained together,” the company said blockchain tables makes it easy for customers to “protect against illicit changes by insiders or hackers impersonating administrators or users.”
